Florida police union launches smear campaign against woman who posted brutality video
theGrio REPORT - The Miami Fraternal Order of Police is trying to fight back against social media, which they say is damaging the reputation of police officers everywhere, by attempting to orchestrate a smear campaign against the woman who posted video of a Miami police officer beating a black teenager who was in the back of a police cruiser.
The Miami Fraternal Order of Police is trying to fight back against social media, which they say is damaging the reputation of police officers everywhere, by attempting to orchestrate a smear campaign against the woman who posted video of a Miami police officer beating a black teenager who was in the back of a police cruiser.
In a statement to the press, Union President Lt. Javier Ortiz praised the officer involved for “protecting our community,” and then he criticized the use of social media by the public in what he believes is an attempt to sow hatred for the police, saying that “social media has placed a very negative tone on law enforcement nationwide.”
“What is extremely concerning is that the poster of this video (aka Facebook Marilyn Smith) has photographs of her with young men armed with handguns. It seems that no one cares to address this. Social media has focused so much on #blacklifematters [sic] /alllifematters campaigns, yet nobody targets the root of the problem our community faces today,” the statement read, along with screenshots handed out of the woman’s Facebook page which showed her with black men who were holding guns.
“If the police officer has done something not within policy, it must be corrected. With that said, there is a much more serious message by this video poster. Our community has accepted behavior that motivates violence in our younger generation. It’s time for the community to take a stand against this reckless behavior and stop the violence. As the saying goes: It takes a village to raise a child. Guns don’t belong in the hands of children. It is the responsibility of our stakeholders that live in our community to stop that from occurring in the first place.”
